Of Two Minds: Virtual Worlds for Education and Enterprise
Applications and Tools, Business in Virtual Worlds, Collaboration, Education in Virtual Worlds, Second Life, Virtual World Platforms | (4)
I went to two schools when I was a kid, and they swung from one extreme to the other. In the first school, my teacher would start the day by pulling out a guitar and singing to us. One of the highlights of the day was "feeling time" when we'd all be asked to place our heads down on our desks and to consider what we were feeling - were we happy or sad, frustrated or bored, and at the end of this communal silence, we were supposed to share. During 'feeling time' I'd slip a book into my lap ...